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1623 P. Massinger Duke of Millaine i. iii. 110 One gale of your sweet breath will easily Disperse these Clouds.

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 39 It is far more ingenious to believe it to be a gale of Animal Spirits, that, moving from her head along her back to her tail..is the cause of her [sc. the snail's] progressive motion.

1669 Let. 7 Oct. in A. Marvell Wks. (1875) II. 276 Unles we could finde..some unexpected gaile of opportunity that would be sure waft us quite over.

1675 E. Phillips Theatrum Poetarum (new ed.) 162 That which is chiefly pleasant in these Poems [Herrick's], is now and then a pretty Floury and Pastoral gale of Fancy.

1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. ii. 100 The Scots..brought all their mischievous Devices to pass, with ease, and a prosperous Gale in all they went about.

1731 H. St. John Let. to Swift 29 Mar. in J. Swift Lett. Dr. Swift (1741) 134 Passions..are the Gales of life: Let us not complain that they do not blow a storm.

1744 R. North & M. North Life Sir D. North & Rev. J. North 146 On the fifth Night, he slept with a full Gale till Morning, without any waking at all.

1806 H. K. White Let. 25 June in Remains (1807) I. 227 Contending gales of doubt and apprehension.

1827 R. Pollok Course of Time I. iii. 113 Her sails..nicely set, to catch the gale Of praise.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Vision of Sin in Poems (new ed.) II. 214 The music..Rose again from where it seem'd to fail, Storm'd in orbs of song, a growing gale.